E91 Straight Six Bearding

[Court_S]

christhreadgill said:

Not yet, but my brother in law runs a Bosch centre so I’ll just drop it in at some point. Few little bits to sort yet; front PDC to be fitted, fog bulbs, and all my heat shields got dented being stored and now foul the prop, so need a bit of fettling to avoid the “knock knock knock”.

Good to see that it’s not too far away from being back on the road again.

[AmirGSXR]

Hi All - after some advice for a fault on my 2005 (N52) 330i E90 auto.

The following codes appeared yesterday:
2A3F: Valvetronic, actuator motor: power supply
2A2F: Mixture control 2
2A2E: Mixture control
2A38: Valvetronic, monitoring, sluggish movement.

There are no warning lights on the dash, but the car is running poorly as it does not accelerate past 15/20 MPH. I cleared the codes, and only 2A3F (Valvetronic, actuator motor: power supply) re-appeared with the car still running poorly.
I have noticed some water in the battery compartment (filled ~ a quarter of the way up with water), and wonder whether this is affecting something?

I will of course get it to my BMW indy tomorrow, but wanted to see if anyone has had this issue before and what the likely fix is?

PS: I will need to find out where water is leaking into the battery compartment.

[MajorMantra]

Ok it's a silver SE but this is cheap for a manual car with Xenons, and no horrors on the MOT history:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2024070815...

[helix403]

Its price reflects the condition. See steering wheel for example.

[stevesuk]

We're part exchanging ours for a fraction of that price on Wednesday. Everyone who said "wow, I'd buy your car" turned out not to want a 19 year old BMW after all, and I can't face eBay or Facebook Marketplace

[bodhi]

If it was a bit closer to me I'd actually be half tempted to upgrade our sheddy Civic with bust AC and a vague smell of damp for that!

[g3org3y]

MajorMantra said:

Ok it's a silver SE but this is cheap for a manual car with Xenons, and no horrors on the MOT history:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2024070815...

Grey on grey on grey. Not a fan of the interior but for 1.5k with an N52 engine 'only' on 106k, perfect dog/tip car.

[Court_S]

helix403 said:

Its price reflects the condition. See steering wheel for example.

And what was grey leather once upon a time!

[alpinab3]

g3org3y said:

Grey on grey on grey. Not a fan of the interior but for 1.5k with an N52 engine 'only' on 106k, perfect dog/tip car.

That is possibly the worst colour combo. Its nasty. Seller knows nothing of cause describing it as Nappa leather.

[stevesuk]

alpinab3 said:

That is possibly the worst colour combo. Its nasty. Seller knows nothing of cause describing it as Nappa leather.

And, if its a 55 plate and a 325i - it won't have the 2995cc engine the seller claims either? (N53 325i was 2995cc which this won't be?).

[Court_S]

stevesuk said:

And, if its a 55 plate and a 325i - it won't have the 2995cc engine the seller claims either? (N53 325i was 2995cc which this won't be?).

It’ll be an N52B25, so 2.5l.

[Mr Tidy]

Court_S said:

stevesuk said:

And, if its a 55 plate and a 325i - it won't have the 2995cc engine the seller claims either? (N53 325i was 2995cc which this won't be?).

It’ll be an N52B25, so 2.5l.

To be fair I'd prefer the N52 engine anyway as it seems to have fewer issues than the N53!

My 2006 325i with the N52 and FBMWSH had done 139K miles when I sold it and still ran really sweet.

[MajorMantra]

Have we all admired this?:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202407091...



3k miles! If it were a manual I'd be sorely tempted, it's dangerously close to my fantasy of buying my current car new.

Have they got the engine size right? I thought this would be the 3.0 N53 rather than a 2.5l.

Edited by MajorMantra on Thursday 11th July 18:56

[JakeT]

That one is an N52. I don’t think Japan got the N53 over sulphur levels in the fuel, like the US.

3,000 miles is wild. Basically a new car! I also think those 17” wheels look great too.

[helix403]

Interior looks mint. Even has the sliding split centre front arm rest. I think the tyres are dated 2008 unless my eyes are mistaken.

[bodhi]

That is lovely to be fair, and probably my choice of seats from that generation of BMW. Me dad had the Sensatec/Alacantra ones in his 325i, and they were far more pleasant for every day stuff than leather.

Problem is I'd be scared to drive it with that mileage, and the 2.5 with an auto box is no ball of fire without poking with a big stick.

It's also up for 500 quid less than we got for me dad's after he passed away. That was in 2010.....

[MajorMantra]

JakeT said:

That one is an N52. I don’t think Japan got the N53 over sulphur levels in the fuel, like the US.

Ah, I was thrown by the black engine cover, different variant to my N52 I guess.

[MajorMantra]

helix403 said:

Interior looks mint. Even has the sliding split centre front arm rest. I think the tyres are dated 2008 unless my eyes are mistaken.

I think you're right. I feel like for the money it would be reasonable to expect tyres that aren't 16 years old, however unworn they may be.

[d_a_n1979]

bodhi said:

That is lovely to be fair, and probably my choice of seats from that generation of BMW. Me dad had the Sensatec/Alacantra ones in his 325i, and they were far more pleasant for every day stuff than leather.

Problem is I'd be scared to drive it with that mileage, and the 2.5 with an auto box is no ball of fire without poking with a big stick.

It's also up for 500 quid less than we got for me dad's after he passed away. That was in 2010.....

Yup; loved that interior in my E39 Touring; shame my 540i didn't have it but black leather instead...

It's a great interior for a simple quick hoover and it's clean

He does find some superb cars at Seymour Pope (there's always a joke in there with that name ) - just a shame they're always autos and rarely a manual; but he does sometimes get them in...

[ATM]

MajorMantra said:

helix403 said:

Interior looks mint. Even has the sliding split centre front arm rest. I think the tyres are dated 2008 unless my eyes are mistaken.

I think you're right. I feel like for the money it would be reasonable to expect tyres that aren't 16 years old, however unworn they may be.

My jap import e39 had awful tyres on. No idea if from Japan or here. At the time I conjured up a story in my head that their tyres are different due to their climate being hotter. And their tyres don't work here without the heat. But again I made this all up.